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Daniel Clement Dennett II was born on March 28, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts to the parents of Daniel Clement Dennett Jr and Ruth Majorie Leck
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Daniel Dennett gets married to Susan Bell in 1962 and they go on to have 2 children
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These few years were used for Daniel to pursue his education in philosophy. He earned his degree in Bachelors of Art in philosophy from Harvard in 1963. He continued his education and obtained his Ph.D in philosophy in 1965.
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These few years were used for Daniel to pursue his education in philosophy. He earned his degree in Bachelors of Art in philosophy from Harvard in 1963. He continued his education and obtained his Ph.D in philosophy in 1965.
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Dennett was involved with a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that attempted to construct an intelligent, and perhaps even conscious, robot called Cog
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In 1995 Daniel Dennett published his book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, which is considered to be some of his best work. He attempted to explain how the brain, mind, and consciousness could have come about as a result of Darwinian evolution by natural selection.
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He was appointed Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts in 2000.
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Daniel Dennett publishes "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" which, addresses what may be considered a stigma between how religious belief is viewed and how scientific study is viewed. This work breaks down in to two fundamental questions: Can science study religion? and Should science study religion?
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Daniel Dennett was awarded the Erasmus Prize for his ability to convey the significance of science and technology to a wider audience than what was previously a standard.
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He was awarded an honorary degree from Radboud University in the Netherlands for his work in cross-disciplinary sciences, bridging the ways of thinking between cognition, philosophy, and even religion.